Local Government Report : The Bakersfield City Council Meeting

red-light safety cameras increased 135%.” (“Red-Light Running Dangers”) When the conversation of whether to have red light cameras, or not to have red light cameras arises, human fatalities should without a doubt be a top consideration. Especially when a study performed during 2011 by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety found that red light cameras had lowered

One thing of significance that I learned about at the city council meeting was meeting procedure. When I first arrived a pre-meeting workshop about annexation was occurring. After the regular meeting began we started with the Pledge of Allegiance. Next roll call of the council members was taken. Dallas Center has five council members: Mike Kidd, David Bagby, Kurt Pion,. Following roll call was an action to approve the agenda, which was approved. Next up was public communications and concerns. I was surprised that each person only has two minutes to talk about all the issues they

On Monday, April 13th, 2009, I visited the Culver City city council meeting, and found that they operate using a council-manager form of government. For a city with a population of about 38,000, this type of governmental structure is fairly common, and I was not surprised to see it in action in a community where the median household income is around $56,000 a year. Culver City is also a culturally rich community with a 60 percent Caucasian population, and a quarter of the residents are either of African American or Asian decent. The mayor, D. Scott Malsin, is one of five members on the council, and his term as mayor is on a rotating basis. Having been to a Hermosa Beach city council meeting with a similar council-manager structure, I knew

Motorcycle Wrecks: The majority of motorcycle wrecks are caused by others in larger vehicles. Recovery includes maximum compensation for what are often serious injuries.

Each year numerous lives are lost due to careless and irrational driving. The disregard for safe driving has been a predicament to the United States of America for years. Many years Police have relied heavily on speed cameras, breathalyzer tests and heavy fines as a deterrent against unlawful drivers. Over the years fatality rates have increased, so the Department of Transportation and Highway Safety has composed a series of safe driving campaigns. On many occasions the Transportation Department informs and advises the public about the importance of responsible driving. They propagate safe driving through the various channels of the media and

The ideas they are looking for need to focus around housing programs such as a first time home owner program. also Humboldt County Association of Governments (HCAOG) wants to poll people on a proposed humboldt county transportation sales tax measure. HCAOG want to add a tax for people to vote on but doesn't want to do it if it isn't wanted. the organization wants to do a poll to see if the tax is wanted. HCAOG wanted to get Eureka city council go ahead. There was a lot of discussion around this. The last topic I found interesting because of the subject also the action taken before the meeting.The chief of police pulled a proposed ordinance that would require that firearms be locked up when not around. This would apply in a residential setting and also the a business setting. It wasn't said why it was pulled but the chief did talk about how he might bring it back at a later date. The Chief will try an educational approach first and also provide locks to make locking firearms up easier. The chief gave examples about how stores were broken into with firearms stolen and later recovered in the hands of people committing

On September 9, 2014 I attended the Glendale City Council meeting which was held at the Council Chamber which is located on the 2nd floor of the Glendale City Hall, Room 200, 613 East Broadway, Glendale, California. The meeting commenced at 6 p.m. and lasted for approximately 1 hour and 40 minutes. Several policy proposals were made and discussed in this particular meeting. This paper is aimed at discussing the various policy proposals made and debated at this meeting with a view to establishing whether they are acceptable or unacceptable to the Glendale electorate. It is, however, essential to provide a brief background of the City of Glendale before embarking on a discussion of policy proposals.

The City of Whittier has two city meetings a month were the people of the community are welcome to attend. One of their city council meetings was held on April 26 at 6:30pm. The council members are Owner Newcomer, Cathy Warner and Bob Henderson. The Mayor Pro tem is Joe Vinatieri and the Mayor of Whittier is Fernando Dutra. There was a good amount of public attendance, but the attendance died out after recess. Public participation was not effective or really used throughout the meeting. The public comments part of the meeting was where the public’s voice was most heard.

While it is difficult to pinpoint the exact health problems facing my town, reckless driving and accidents can certainly top the list. About a year ago, a woman in my town struck two Cliffside Park Special Police Officers. While one of the officers was released from the hospital after being treated the other officer, Stephen Petruzzello, sadly passed away due to the accident. “Police have cited the driver of an SUV that struck two Cliffside Park Special Police Officers with failure to yield to a pedestrian, failure to wear a seat belt, careless driving and reckless driving, authorities said.” (Myles Ma 2014) The woman stated that the two men were not wearing their reflector vests at the time, which is a huge health and safety concern.

Traffic accidents are become an increasing issue in Surprise Arizona. These accidents have several causes such as distracted driving, drunk drivers, speeding, and more.The drivers, passengers, and families are affected whenever an accident occurs. Accidents are time consuming and they cause injuries, death, money issues, and traffic. If implemented, the proposed solutions will reduce the amount of traffic accidents that occur in Surprise

Another growing problem, that for years has been the major headline for traffic accidents that could have very well been avoided

The second objective our agency will advise to NFL to complete is for each team to create and develop their own town hall meetings in their own cities. The purpose of these town hall meetings is to connect the players with the police officers and start a dialogue about how change can happen. The NFL would like the three following tactics to take place during these town hall meetings. First, all players who decide to protest the Anthem must attend or will be subject to fines by the Commissioner. Second, all police departments and fire departments in the surrounding area of the team must be invited. The NFL wants everyone to feel welcome, so that we can discuss changes for the present and the future. Third, the teams will sell tickets to the

I chose to attend a city council meeting for this assignment and was very surprised at what I witnessed. The city council served an important purpose and the meeting actually accomplished many important goals. Among the interesting things that I saw at the council meeting were the people who attended, the people who presented, the people who sat on the council, and the subjects that were being voted upon in the meeting.

Since I have lived in my neighborhood, there has been reckless driving everyday around the same time and nothing has been done to enforce the law. Now that my voice has finally been heard, the drivers will improve toward safe driving and the police officers will be watching our neighborhood.

According to the Kansas Department of transportation, there were, 1,087 motorcycle crashes in 2016. Of those, 860 people involved in the crashes were injured, 52 people died; while only 21 of those people were wearing helmets (Kansas Department of Transportation). There are only 17 states in the United States that require helmets be used always, 19 states say that you must wear a helmet if you are under the age of 18, while 11 states say you must wear a helmet if you are under the age of 21, leaving only four states that have no helmet laws at all (Motorcycle Helmet Laws)